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Please read if you own a dog.

As stated by lots of other members this campsite is conveniently located for visiting York via the park and ride facility situated just over a mile away at Monks Cross. Since our last visit a new rule has been introduced by the club in that Mr and Mrs Knowles who own the land that the access road is situated on have banned dogs from being walked along it.By doing this pets are essentially trapped on site unless they are taken to the end of the drive in a vehicle. Apparently this was due to a dog being allowed to chase after and injure a horse in one of the fields adjacent to the driveway in 2022. Throughout our stay I didn’t see one single horse in any of the fields at the side of the driveway which are boarded by ranch fences with very large gaps. The installation of some form of chicken wire could alleviate this problem and allow pedestrians who own pets to leave the site without having to use a vehicle. It would be nice if the club and the Knowles family could come to an agreement to resolve this situation as there is no other way to leave the site on foot. We were only made aware of this new rule when challenged by a member of staff as we tried to walk off site with our dog on our first day and was informed that this rule is on the club’s website. Upon looking details of it were found, albeit I feel that this should be more prominent for other pet owners to see.
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moulesy replied on 04/11/2023 08:18

Posted on 04/11/2023 08:18

It's many years since we stayed at Beechwood, but I thought it had always been a rule that dogs could not be walked along the access road? I'm pretty sure it was back then  maybe 10 or so years ago.

K Brown replied on 04/11/2023 12:23

Posted on 04/11/2023 12:23

As per the previous response. This is not a new rule, it has always been the case that dogs cannot walk or be carried along the road. It states this quite clearly in the handbook.

sbaxter22 replied on 01/02/2024 12:46

Posted on 01/02/2024 12:46

Has this been resolved yet does anyone know? It's such a shame, even dogs on leads only would basically solve the problem.